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The NCEO Data Viewer: Access to National Policy Information on Students with Disabilities. Laurene Christensen National Center for Educational Outcomes NCEO Teleconference • September14, 2009 Minneapolis, Minnesota. Overview of this presentation .
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The NCEO Data Viewer: Access to National Policy Information on Students with Disabilities Laurene ChristensenNational Center for Educational Outcomes NCEO Teleconference• September14, 2009Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overview of this presentation Background on the policy “side” of Data Viewer What can Data Viewer tell us about participation? What can Data Viewer tell us about accommodations? Conclusions Upcoming improvements to Data Viewer for policies Plans for the teleconference on September 28
Data Viewer Background • Publicly available information on participation and accommodations collected every two years • Information is verified by states • Available in a print report (also on our website) • Data Viewer allows the user to make color coded maps and tabular reports
Does the state have guidelines for a 3rd party administration?
What guidance does the state provide for using accommodations that are not on an 'approved' list?
Accommodations Trend Data: Calculator Blue indicates where policies have changed in a state.
Other information available • State profiles plus documents used • Background information on the process used to collect the data • Glossary of accommodations terms • Data Viewer tutorial
Conclusions • Webinar on September 28 to go into more detail on using Data Viewer • Adding information for school year 08-09 right now • Future iterations of Data Viewer will include searching by content area